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Remove extra blank spaces in a (string) sentence

Former Member — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:09:49 GMT

Hi all,

I need to know , whether there is any command available

to remove the extra spaces in a String.

Thanks in advance,

Uday Kumar.

Re: Remove extra blank spaces in a (string) sentence

Former Member — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:11:13 GMT

Use CONDENSE.

Bhupal

Re: Remove extra blank spaces in a (string) sentence

Former Member — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:11:32 GMT

Use Keyword CONDENSE.

Re: Remove extra blank spaces in a (string) sentence

Former Member — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:11:36 GMT

Hi,

The CONDENSE statement deletes redundant spaces from a string:

CONDENSE c [NO-GAPS].

This statement removes any leading blanks in the field c and replaces other sequences of blanks by exactly one blank. The result is a left-justified sequence of words, each separated by one blank. If the addition NO-GAPS is specified, all blanks are removed.

DATA: string(25) TYPE c VALUE ' one two three four',

len TYPE I.

len = strlen( string ).

WRITE: string, '!'.

WRITE: / 'Length: ', len.

CONDENSE string.

len = strlen( string ).

WRITE: string, '!'.

WRITE: / 'Length: ', len.

CONDENSE string NO-GAPS.

len = strlen( string ).

WRITE: string, '!'.

WRITE: / 'Length: ', len.

Output:

one two three four !

Length: 25

one two three four !

Length: 18

onetwothreefour !

Length: 15

Note that the total length of the field string remains unchanged, but that the deleted blanks appear again on the right.

Regards,

Vijetha.

Re: Remove extra blank spaces in a (string) sentence

Former Member — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:13:14 GMT

Hello

CONDENSE

Re: Remove extra blank spaces in a (string) sentence

peter_ruiz2 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:13:24 GMT

hi,

you can use any of the following

CONDENSE field.

SHIFT field LEFT DELETING LEADING space.

SHIFT field RIGHT DELETING TRAILING space.

regards,

Peter

Re: Remove extra blank spaces in a (string) sentence

Former Member — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:14:03 GMT

Go for CONDENSE command.

Re: Remove extra blank spaces in a (string) sentence

Former Member — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:24:05 GMT

Hi Uday,

You can use CONDENSE command.The syntax is as below:

CONDENSE <c> [NO-GAPS].

This statement removes any leading blanks from the field <c> and replaces other sequences of blanks by exactly one blank. If the addition NO-GAPS is specified, all blanks are removed.

Regards,

Ashutosh